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Players · K · Pitcher · 2026

Dean Kremer

Age
30
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 2"
Weight
210 lb
Number
#13
Born
January 7, 1996 in Stockton, CA, United States
MLB debut
September 6, 2020
Drafted
2015, round 38
College
Nevada-Las Vegas
Salary, 2026
$5.75M
dbWAR
6.9
7 season(s)
IP
83.1
ERA
4.97
FIP
4.87
K/9
8.9
FIP−
116
100 = avg

Dean Kremer is a starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2026 he struck out 82 batters over 83.1 innings across 16 appearances, 16 of them starts, going 4-5. His ERA of 4.97 is 18.9% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 16th of 19 on his team, and 407th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.87 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 28.7% of swings (13.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.0%. His 0.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP4.87
K/98.9
WHIP1.20
WAR.3

WAR by season

2.50.8-0.920212223242526

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026MIN/BAL161683.1450714682294.974.871.208.93.11191160.3
2025BAL3129171.21110016380142454.193.971.217.42.4101952.5
2024BAL2424129.2810011059123514.104.321.248.53.51001061.2
2023BAL3232172.2135017179157554.124.511.318.22.9951041.6
2022BAL2221125.18701234587343.233.801.256.22.481961.7
2021BAL131353.2070634547257.556.991.647.94.2177164-0.9
2020BAL4418.2110151022124.822.761.4510.65.8108620.6

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB20318343101843.235.300.470.33321.2%
vs RHB1381252871139.224.290.440.31828.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Dean Kremer throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Four-Seam Fastball28.2%39292.72,29151.8%19.7%79.253.892
Splitter25.8%35982.41,28543.5%38.0%105.181.573
Cutter18.8%26187.22,38944.8%35.3%60.217.644
Sinker13.5%18892.02,13746.8%13.0%36.333.983
Curveball12.5%17476.72,81341.4%29.0%28.250.951
Slider1.2%1783.42,63435.3%33.3%1——
Dean Kremer's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.